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| E. Timor Atrocities Detailed | |
| 2006-01-21 | |
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| Posted by:Steve White |
| #3 I made the calculation that on average more Timorese were killed by year by the Indos that Palestinians by the Israelis during the 38 years of occupation. I made the calculation that on average the left made more demonstrations, meetings, fund collecting you name for Palestinians in a month that it did for the Timorese in the over twenty five years of occupation and tyhis despite the fact that unlike the Palestinians the Timorese didn't hijack planes, slaughtereed babies in cold blood or tried to blow up maternities. |
| Posted by: JFM 2006-01-21 17:56 |
| #2 I amde the calculatuion that on average more Timorese were killed by year by the Indos that Palestinians by the Israelis during the 38 years of occupation. I made the calculation that on average the left made more demonstrations, meetings, fund collecting you name for Palestinians in a month that it did for the Timorese in the over twenty five years of occupation and tyhis despite the fact that unlike the Palestinians the Timorese didn't hijack planes, slaughtereed babies in cold blood or tried to blow up maternities. |
| Posted by: JFM 2006-01-21 17:55 |
| #1 I worked in Indonesia for a while, in Aceh Province. Nothing I saw there leads me to doubt in the slightest what the E. Timorese claim about the Indo military. I saw up close and personal what the Indos did to their Chinese population in Aceh in the late 90's and believe me, it wasn't pretty. I think more people--you know, like the ones at Kos or DU--should have the opportunity to walk around a burned-out town where a minority group has been slaughtered or driven off by the majority. It's a real eye-opener, particularly when you hear first-hand accounts of the rapes and murders. When the unimaginable suddenly becomes very tangible and near, paradigm shifts are a common occurrence. |
| Posted by: mac 2006-01-21 08:26 |